AlD—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1950
Lancaster Farming says...
it’ll be a confused farming com
munity that heads for the polls this
Tuesday to vote in the primary
elections
Neither the Democrats nor the
Republicans seem to have a farm
candidate running in the presidential
primary Delegates, for the most
part, are running uncommitted
Farmers may find themselves
choosing between the rock and hard
place.
On the Democratic side it's fairly
easy to narrow the field. Jimmy
Carter would seem the logical pick
for the Democratic nod He's the
incumbent which gives him inside
track in the White House race
Jerry Brown made the rounds,
attended a few rock concerts and,
thankfully, bowed out.
Edward Kennedy’s campaign, still
rolling along, offers nothing to the
farm voter. A Kennedy vote is an
urban vote, a big money spending
vote.
Carter, billed as a farmer from
Georgia, could do better for
DAY Of THE LORO
Lesson for April 20, 1980
Background Scripture
2 Peter ; Jude
Devotional Reading:
June 17-25
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TO PRACTICE STRICT
SANITATION
Livestock and poultry
producers must make a
special effort to prevent
contagious diseases. Many
of these infections are
brought home by the owner,
or with the purchase of new
animals At the present tune
there are several infections
that can be spread very
easily from farm to farm
RURAL ROUTE
Election
There are two scriptural
terms that appear to be
similar, yet are miles apart
in meaning: “The Lord’s
Day” and “Day of the
Lord ” The first of these is a
reference to the sabbath
day, a day “holy” to the
Lord and set apart as a day
of “rest and gladness." In
the Christian culture of the
Lord’s Day is Sunday.
But “The Day of the Lord”
is something else It is the
day when it is believed, God
will come to judge the world,
“the day of Armageddon,”
the final struggle between
good and evil
Stored Up For Fire
This month Doubleday is
In this part of the country
where the desity of livestock
and poultry is so great,
producers should be very
alert to the possibility of
spreading the diseases.
When returning from other
farms, or public places,
different clothes and foot
wear should be used. Stray
dogs, cats, and wild birds
should be controlled as much
as possible. New purchases
is no farm popularity contest
agriculture He promised farmers
wouldn't be left holding the bag for
the Soviet gram embargo. So far he
has failed to deliver. But he has
options.
He could raise corn loan rates to
$2 35 or $2.50. He could stop raising
farmers’ interest rates He could end
government sale of soybeans at pre
embargo prices.
Although the embargo may be a
factor in November, for now Carter is
the farmer's best Democratic choice.
The Republican card is a bit
trickier. Ronald Reagan has cloaked
himself in the mantle of the most
conservative candidate in the race.
But behind that cloak seems to be a
shallow, uninformed man.
Only a fool would tour farm states
and not be up to date on parity. The
ex-actor went one better and said he
didn't even understand the system.
The parity question isn’t an
isolated incident. Reagan made
major goofs on questions ranging
from government spending to the
G.l bill.
publishing an interesting
and challenging book en
titled. POLE SHIFT' -
Predictions And Prophecies
of the Ultimate Disaster, by
John White. Author White
has painstakingly resear
cned both ancient records
and contemporary scientific
findings and come to the
conclusion that our planet
has probably experienced a <
number of pole shifts a
dislocation of the North and
South poles causing the
Earth to flip end-over-end in
space causing ice ages,
reversals of the Earth’s
magnetic field, continental
drift, animal extinctions,
and other major cataclysms
should be segregated and
tested before mixing with
the home herd or flock
In many cases vaccination
should go along with the very
strict sanitation practices.
Every producer is urged to
give attention to the
prevention of diseases
through good management
and the use of good
sanitation practices.
TO BE READY WITH
SPRING WORK
Adverse weather con
ditions have delayed spring
plantings on many farms.
There is little to do but to
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It shows either a lack of un
derstanding of the issues or a poor
back-up staff, either one of which are
undesirable characteristics in a
leader.
Reagan has refused to attend the
high-level briefings open to afl
candidates of both parties This
allows him to throw darts at others’
proposals and plead ignorance when
asked specific questions Despite his
Knee-jerk conservative statements,
he hardly seems the man of the hour.
George Bush has said little one
way or the other about agriculture
But he is a qualified candidate.
If a president were chosen by
resume and past experience rather
than popular vote, Bush would be
the likely contender for the job.
He has a vast amount of ex
perience in the Washington
bureaucracy. He has a fine academic
background. He has been a major
cog in federal government circles for
years. Nobody grouses about his age.
His positions are moderate and
reasonable. He could beat Carter in
Some of these, he believes,
are reflected in many
Biblical passages, par
ticularly the Psalms and the
Prophets
The most alarming aspect
of this book, however, is
White’s conviction shared
with many contemporary
prophets and some scientists
that, just as our planet
may liave tumbled in Space
many times before, so it may
do so again soon' White
interprets his sources as
pointing to this “ultimate
disaster” to take place at the
end of this century!
New Heavens! New Earth!
Some of the New
Testament writers also
wait until the ground is dry
enough; it might be
necessary to change some
plantings to other crops if
the delay is much longer.
However, it is suggested that
farmers be ready with all
equipment and materials so
that the work can progress
rapidly when the ground is
fit It may be only a few days
at a Uiue when we can do the
planting.
The grower that plans
ahead and has everything
ready to go, is the one who
will get the crop in the
ground. Those that have to
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looked for such a “Day of the
Lord ” This seemed to
dominate the mind of 2
Peter, who said- “ the
heavens and earth that now
exist have been stored up for
fire, being kept until the day
of judgment and destruction
of godly men” (3-7) Many
are asking today; is ours the
day of which Peter and
others have written? Some
suspect the answer is “yes,”
others are unsure, and still
others remind us that every
generation has suspected it
might be the last
The Gospel gives neither a
clear “yes” or “no” but it
does have a message for us
Consider “what sort of
make repairs, or go to pick
up materials and seeds when
they should be planting, are
the ones who may suffer with
poorer crops.
TO ERADICATE
JOHNSON GRASS
I’m aware of the increase
in the number of farms with
Johnson Grass infestation.
This sorghum-type weed is
very agressive and will take
over a field in a few years.
There are two methods that
give best control. The one is
to disc the area several
times this spring, during
early May, and then spray
with Eradicane between
Farm
Saturday, April 19
Delaware State Holstein
Convention, Harrington,
Delaware.
MD State Beekeeper’s
Spring Meeting; Anne
Arundel Community
College; Arnold, MD.
Dairy Day at the Baltimore
Orioles; Orioles vs. White
Sox; 6:30p.m.
MD-PA Polled Hereford
Sale; 1 p.m.: Frederick
November, an important con
sideration for a party which can’t
aford too many more losers.
John Anderson’s campaign is
somewhat quixotic, a sort of
Republican version of what Jimmy
Carter was doing six years ago. The
Republicans deserve a better
chance, though, than what Anderson
offers. ,
Others like Howard Baker, Harold
Stassen, John Connally, Benjamin
Fernandez and Alvin Jacobson are
either out of the race of their own
choosing or not worth considering >
Bush would seem the likely choice
for a Republican seeking an in
telligent candidate with a chance of
winning later
A thoroughly disgusted farmer
always has the option to write-in a
candidate, recording a protest vote
against the entire field.
However you vote, and for
whomever you vote, remember that
the winner may represent this
nation's farmers through most of the
1980 s
persons ought you to be in
lives of holiness and
godliness, waiting for and
hastening the day of God,
because of which the
heavens will be kindled and
dissolved, and the elements ,
will melt with fire!
according to his promise we
wait for new heavens and a
new earth in which s
righteousness dwells
(3.11-13).
Whether this is “at hand,’
as some believe, or “far
off,” as do others (myself
included), the challenge, as
we wait for the “new
heavens and a new earth,” is
to live with holiness and
godliness
May 20 and 30th; then disc in
the Eradicane and plant.
This means delayed com
planting. There is little use
to work in the Eradicane
before late May.
The other method is to
spray the growing Johnson
Grass plants with Roundup
when they are in the boot to
early-heading stage. This
would be in fields after
winter grain harvest; this
herbicide will go down
through the plant and kill the
massive root system. I do
not know of any success with
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Calendar
Fairgrounds; Maryland.
Lancaster County 4-H clubs
tour New Bolton Center;
10 a.m.
Twin Valley Alternative
Energy Fair all day at the
High School.
Monday, April 21
Berks County sheep
meeting; County AgA.
Center; Bern Township;
5:30 p.m.
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